Criminal justice clients in Occidental often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabbing these individuals will be more productive for society and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be quite workable not only in helping and rehabbing this type of client in Occidental, but also in helping them stay off of drugs and in many cases out of the criminal justice system for good.